April 4 (Reuters) - Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is expected on Thursday to sign a tough new gun law that restricts sales of the sort of high-capacity ammunition clips that a gunman used to massacre 26 people in minutes in a December attack on a school. Lawmakers in the state's Democratic-controlled House approved the measure, which supporters described as one of the toughest such laws in the United States, early on Thursday morning. The Senate...

MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Police in Newtown, Connecticut, have been ordered to release 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School during last December's massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators by a lone gunman. Even with the unanimous decision by the nine-member Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission on Wednesday, it is still uncertain when or whether the tapes will be released to numerous media outlets that have sought them since...

The practice of religious tolerance does not always come easily to a society that places a high value on matters of the spirit. People with deep religious conviction sometimes seek the state's endorsement of their mission; others ask to be excused from duties that conflict with their creed. The Constitution took account of both possibilities, prohibiting the state from establishing any creed and requiring that it respect the free exercise of religious beliefs. But sometimes these two doctrines come into...

MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Leaders of Connecticut gun advocacy groups said on Thursday they had sued to knock down a strict new gun-control law passed in April because they believed the measure would not improve public safety. In the wake of the December massacre of 26 people at an elementary school by a gunman, Connecticut adopted a tough new gun law banning sales of the sort of high-capacity ammunition clips used in that attack as well as expanding the range of weapons...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a decision that could make it easier for businesses to police cybertheft in the workplace, a U.S. appeals court revived a chemical company's lawsuit accusing a former Toronto-area employee of using her home computer to steal trade secrets from its Connecticut server. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said U.S.-based MacDermid Inc may pursue civil damages claims against a former account manager...

(Reuters) - Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is expected on Thursday to sign a tough new gun law that restricts sales of the sort of high-capacity ammunition clips that a gunman used to massacre 26 people in minutes in a December attack on a school. Lawmakers in the state's Democratic-controlled House approved the measure, which supporters described as one of the toughest such laws in the United States, early on Thursday morning. The Senate approved the measure...

MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Police in Newtown, Connecticut, have been ordered to release 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School during last December's massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators by a lone gunman. Even with the unanimous decision by the nine-member Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission on Wednesday, it is still uncertain when or whether the tapes will be released to numerous media outlets that have sought them since...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a decision that could make it easier for businesses to police cybertheft in the workplace, a U.S. appeals court revived a chemical company's lawsuit accusing a former Toronto-area employee of using her home computer to steal trade secrets from its Connecticut server. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said U.S.-based MacDermid Inc may pursue civil damages claims against a former account manager...

(Reuters) - Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza used a weapon in the Bushmaster AR-15 family to shoot all of his victims at a school in a rampage that killed 20 young children and six staff members on Friday in Newtown, Connecticut, police said. He then used a handgun to kill himself. Some facts about Bushmaster AR-15 assault weapons: * The civilian version of the weapon is used by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and some police forces in the United States. * A...

(Reuters) - Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza used a weapon in the Bushmaster AR-15 family to shoot all of his victims at a school in a rampage that killed 20 young children and six staff members on Friday in Newtown, Connecticut, police said. He then used a handgun to kill himself. Some facts about Bushmaster AR-15 assault weapons: * An automatic version of the weapon is used by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and some police forces in the United States. The M-16 is the...